Advertising and display device



Mar. 13, 1923. 1,448,549.

ADVERTISING AND DI'SPLAY DEVICE.

' FILED SEPT.26. 1922.

gwmntoz Patented Mar. 113, 1923.

near M THOMAS WILKINSON, on NEW YORK, N. Y.,

ASSIGNOR TO F. W. VAN NAME, INCORPO- RATED, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ACORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

ADVERTISING AND DISPLAY DEVICE.

' Application filed September,'26, 1922. Serial I To. 590,564.

' T 0 all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, THOMAS VVILKINsoN, a citizen of Canada, residingin the city of New York, county and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Advertising and Display Devices,of which the following is a specification. s

This invention relates to an advertising device intended primarily forshow window or counter, display, and the main object of the invention isto provide such a device having a table provided in a recess formed byfolding certain portions of the device.

Another object of the invention is to provide an advertising and displaydevice constructed from a single blank of material such as cardboard,for instance, which may be transported in a flat position and when readyfor use may be folded to form the finished article. The advantages in soforming thedisplay device are apparent and it is readily seen that theconstruction which will be hereinafter described in detail afi'ords astructure that may be easily and cheaply manufactured and transported.

These and other objects which might hereinafter appear are attained bymaking the device as described and illustrated by the followingspecification and the accompanying drawing in whiclr:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the device in flat and unfolded position;

Fig. 2 is a front view of the device in its position and assembly foruse;

Fig.3 is a side view;

Fig. 4 is a top view; and

Fig. 5 is a bottom view.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the. front portion consisting ofthe central panel 1 and the side portions 2 and 3, all of said frontportion having advertising matter thereon. The central panel 1 has aportion cut leaving the part B integral with the central panel as shownby Fig. 1. Also, formed integral with the top portion is the part Ccomprising the central part 4 and two side portions 5 and 6. the parts 5and 6 being adapted to fold with respect to the part 4 along the scoredlines a and Z). The part B, which, as will later be seen, constitutes atable in a recess. is provided with the ears 7, 8 and 9. and the portionC. which cooperates with the table B to form the outfastened inposition.

lining walls of the recess has the slotted openings 1O, 11, and 12,which receive the ears 7, 8 and 9, respectively, whereby the table B andthe portion C are secured together to form the outlining walls. It willbe understood that for shipping the display device will be retained inits fiat position and for economy of space the portion C will be foldedbehind the front A in flat position and in contiguous relation. When thedevice is ready for use, the table B will be folded back out of theplane of the front portion A, the parts 5 and 6 will be folded along thescored lines a and b, and the ears 7 8 and 9 projected through theopenings 10, '11, and 12, in a manner obvious from the illustration.Supported on the table B in the recess may be placed a sample object orarticle advertised. I

From the foregoing description, it is understood that the display deviceis very simple in construction and manufacture. By a simple cuttingoperation, the complete device 'is formed, althoughit is obvious thatinstead gral with each other, it is a. very simple, but not aspreferable, to form the device of a plurality of parts assembledtogether and Other changes might suggest themselves in view of thisdisclosure and it is to be understood that my invention is not limitedto the exact embodiment as illustrated except within the scope of theappended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States is 1. A display device comprising afront portion having an opening therein, a table portion integral withsaid front portion and adapted to be folded rearwardly thereof along aline coextensive with the lower edge of the said opening, a top portionintegral with said front portion and adapted to be folded rearwardlythereof, said top portion being adapted to be folded to provide a rearand side walls, and said rear and side walls being joined to said tableportion.

2. A display device comprising a front portion having an openingtherein, a table portion integral with said front portion and adapted tobe folded rearwardly thereof along a line coextensive with the loweredge of the said opening, a top portion integral of constructing all theparts iiite with the front portion and adapted to be closure for saidopening; and said table porfolded rearwardly thereof along lines extionbeing attached to said side and rear tending from the upper edge of thefront walls. 10 portion to the lower edge of the top In witness whereof,I hereunto affix mv 5 portion when in the assembled form,Wheresignature.

by side Walls and a rear Wall are provided to form with the tableportion an en- THOMAS WILKINSON.

